An End User Development Approach for Mobile Web Augmentation

The trend towards mobile devices usage has made it possible for the Web to be conceived not only as an information space but also as a ubiquitous platform where users perform all kinds of tasks. In some cases, users access the Web with native mobile applications developed for well-known sites, such...

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Published in:Mobile information systems 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-28
Main Authors: Rossi, Gustavo, Gordillo, Silvia E., Firmenich, Sergio, Bosetti, Gabriela, Winckler, Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applications programs
Augmentation
Authoring
Computer Science
Electronic devices
End users
Human-Computer Interaction
Location based services
Mobile computing
Product development
Software reviews
Web
Websites
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Summary:The trend towards mobile devices usage has made it possible for the Web to be conceived not only as an information space but also as a ubiquitous platform where users perform all kinds of tasks. In some cases, users access the Web with native mobile applications developed for well-known sites, such as, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. These native applications might offer further (e.g., location-based) functionalities to their users in comparison with their corresponding Web sites because they were developed with mobile features in mind. However, many Web applications have no native counterpart and users access them using a mobile Web browser. Although the access to context information is not a complex issue nowadays, not all Web applications adapt themselves according to it or diversely improve the user experience by listening to a wide range of sensors. At some point, users might want to add mobile features to these Web sites, even if those features were not originally supported. In this paper, we present a novel approach to allow end users to augment their preferred Web sites with mobile features. We support our claims by presenting a framework for mobile Web augmentation, an authoring tool, and an evaluation with 21 end users.
ISSN:1574-017X
1875-905X
DOI:10.1155/2017/2525367